Now
that Satoshi has his third Frontier Symbol, he aims for the Battle
Dome, home of his fourth Frontier Brain challenge. As the young
trainer and his friends get on the road, they see an intense
lightning storm in the distance. The cause of the storm is
revealed to be an angry Elekid, so Satoshi decides to battle it with
his Gomazou to calm it down. During the battle, Elekid
inadvertently grabs Haruka's egg and runs off with it, prompting the
young Coordinator to chase after it. The Rocket-Dan eventually
come across the Elekid and grab the egg, but Kojirou's Manene is sent
blasting off in the process. As Kojirou worries about the fate of
the pokemon he received from Jiiya and Baaya, our heroes come across
the area where Manene landed after blasting off. As the two
groups continue their search, Takeshi figures out why the Elekid they
encountered was so angry; it had built up too much electricity!
Satoshi decides to battle the pokemon to enable it to release the pent
up energy, so he keeps an eye out for the pokemon as they continue
searching for Haruka's egg. Eventually, Satoshi-tachi and the
Rocket-Dan reunite and exchange Haruka's egg for Kojirou's Manene
before starting to battle. The Rocket-Dan's Golonya mecha is able
to absorb electrical attacks, so both Elekid and Pikachu combine their
power to short out the robot. Even though the two electric
pokemon give
it everything they've got, the mecha is still mobile, so Satoshi sends
his Gomazou out to finish the job. The little elephant pokemon
takes a few hits before it starts to evolved into Donphan!
Satoshi's new pokemon makes quick work of the Rocket trio and sends
them blasting off again. Now that Elekid has discharged all of
its excess energy, our heroes bid it farewell as they continue their
journey to Sekichiku City and the Battle Tube.

ThoughtsWell, this episode was alright, I guess. There were
certainly some good parts, such as the return of Masato's love for
being the target of pokemon attacks, something he hasn't had since his
very first episode way back in AG 003.
I also enjoyed that
hilariously awkward moment where Kojirou and Haruka stop everything to
swap their pokemon.

But there were also some bad parts, such as
Takeshi remembering the events of the first AG episode even though he wasn't even there!!! I mean,
if he had said something like "Hey
Satoshi, remember when you told me about ____," it wouldn't have been a
problem at all. But no...in both the Japanese and the English
versions, he acts like he was there with Satoshi instead of back home in Nibi City trying to
patch things up with his family.

The dubbed version is pretty standard, except for one thing:
Sarah Natochenny. Now I know you think I'm going to launch into a
rant about how terrible she is, but actually...I
thought she did a really really good job in this episode. Her
acting was much better than
it has been in the past, and I only hope she can keep this up for the
rest of her time as the character. Everyone else was good as
well.

Elekid and Donphan keep their Japanese voices.

Side
Note
Meowth delivered a line that made me roll my eyes:

Meowth: "Time for a
Poké-chat!"

Ugh...was adding Pokéreally necessary?Music Edit
From the time Gomazou launches its final attack until the Rocket-Dan
are sent blasting off, Battle
Frontier is heard playing in the background of the Japanese
version. This is all replaced by instrumental music in the dub.

Added Footage--3 seconds
TO BE CONTINUED... continues to have the video frozen to make the shot
last three seconds longer than it was in the Japanese version.